Woo Jae-yeon reports: The South Korean government on Friday announced additional measures to protect personal information, as the prolonged fight against the coronavirus pandemic has led to excessive data disclosures. The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) released the measures to protect privacy amid the COVID-19 pandemic, aimed at minimizing harnessing private information. Under the measures,…
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Camrose medical clinic employee penalized after sharing health files: privacy commissioner
Alex Antoneshyn reports: A Camrose medical clinic employee has been fined and given 180 hours of community service after improperly accessing health records of friends and others. According to the office of the privacy commissioner, Olivia Franc accessed the files at the Smith Clinic where she worked. Her employer reported the privacy breach in June…
Coronavirus Schools Are Buying Up Surveillance Technology to Fight COVID-19
Colin Lecher reports: Fayette County Public Schools, a 24-school district in Georgia, reopened its classroom doors last month. As at many schools around the country, officials in Fayette have concerns about safely bringing students back to school amid a pandemic—and they’re turning to surveillance technology for help. …. But is this surveillance technology useful at preventing…
California Moves Two COVID Privacy Bills Forward
Odia Kagan of Fox Rothschild writes: Two bills dealing with processing COVID-19 data in California were referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Assembly Bill 660 prohibits data collected, received or prepared for purposes of contact tracing from being used or disclosed for any purpose other than facilitating contact tracing efforts. It also requires the data…